Ullmann condensation

English

Etymology

Named after German chemist Fritz Ullmann.

Noun

Ullmann condensation (countable and uncountable, plural Ullmann condensations)

  1. (chemistry) The copper-promoted conversion of aryl halides to aryl ethers, aryl thioethers, aryl nitriles, and aryl amines. These reactions are examples of cross-coupling reactions.[1]
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